Keith Purdue, Esq.

Shaun R. was nearly killed when a commercial truck driver made an illegal U-turn and collided with him. Here’s the story of how he fought to overcome his devastating injuries – and rebuild a life that includes scuba diving and cycling in the Florida Keys – with help from Grossman Law.

This case involved a fatal drunken-driving accident after an intoxicated bar patron crashed his vehicle, resulting in the death of a passenger.

When Sarah C.’s mother lost her leg after a forklift accident at her place of work, the employer tried to use an arbitration agreement to settle the case for a maximum of $400k. Sarah didn’t think that sounded fair, so she contacted Grossman Law Offices. Working together, we were able to secure a $2.1 million settlement, more than 5 times the original offer.

We were hired to represent the family of a man who was killed in an accident after he was grossly over served at a DFW-area bar. The bar served the decedent to the point that he was dangerously intoxicated. The evidence showed that they knew he was incredibly drunk, yet continued to serve him, a clear violation of Texas liquor liability laws. Soon after leaving the bar, the decedent was involved in a rollover accident. He climbed out of the vehicle and was struck by another motorist. The family hired another law firm, who recognized that there may be a dram shop case, yet they had no first-hand experience pursuing such cases. They knew of our firm's reputation and referred the case to us, after other attorneys had told them that a case like this was unwinnable. We were able to prove otherwise and are now that firm's go-to source for any dram shop cases that come their way.

Our firm was contacted by an out-of-state attorney who represented the family of a Georgia man who was killed while in Texas. The lawyer explained that the man lost his life in an 18-wheeler accident, and the family had tasked the lawyer with finding a firm in Texas to represent them. After extensive research, the attorney selected our firm. Now, there was a major problem with the case: the police report put the victim 100% at fault for the wreck. The police claimed that he was speeding, weaving in and out of traffic, and ultimately killed himself when he ran his motorcycle into the back of an 18-wheeler. The referring attorney explained that the family didn't believe that the decedent would be so reckless and that something must be wrong with the police report. We explained to the referring attorney that we would be glad to look into it, but we would drop the matter if the evidence corroborated the police report, since we're not in the business of pursuing frivolous cases. He understood and agreed. We soon began to suspect that the police report was wrong. We spoke to the witnesses whom the police report claimed had seen the decedent riding his motorcycle recklessly. They all said that the police misquoted them or flat-out made up what was in the report. Case in point, one gentleman, himself a tractor trailer driver, was quoted in the police report as saying that the victim sped by at twice the speed limit. The witness said that was all wrong. What he actually told the police, he insisted, was that the witness passed going twice as fast as he (the witness) was, only the witness was driving a heavy vehicle and was therefore only going about half the speed limit. So, the motorcyclist wasn't going fast, the witness was going slow. We continued to get testimony from other witnesses, and they all said the same thing: the investigating officer misquoted them. We soon learned that the officer who made the report wasn't actually the one who spoke to the witnesses. He sent a rookie officers to get statements from the witnesses and then relied on the rookie's notes to make his report. Something got lost in translation, apparently. To his credit, when we deposed the officer and presented him with our findings, he was honorable, admitted his mistake, and changed his official position. But this still left one problem unsolved. Even if the motorcyclist wasn't speeding or riding recklessly, he still crashed into the back of an 18-wheeler, so how would that be anyone's fault but his own. Unfortunatelty for the trucking company, the 18-wheeler involved in the wreck had a sophisticated GPS device installed, and we were able to use the authorirty of the court to obtain the device's data. This particular GPS hardware would record the truck's position once every ten seconds and then store it internally. Armed with this GPS data, we were able to map out the truck driver's path. Our firm was contacted by an out-of-state attorney who represented the family of a Georgia man who was killed while in Texas. The lawyer explained that the man lost his life in an 18-wheeler accident, and the family had tasked the lawyer with finding a firm in Texas to represent them. After extensive research, the attorney selected our firm. In short, he cut the motorcyclist off, and the motorcyclist couldn't avoid hitting the 18-wheeler. The trucking company's accident reconstructionist originally defended the truck driver's story. But when we showed him the GPS data and how it showed a ping which located the truck about 200 feet from the intersection and then pinged again (ten seconds later) at the point of impact, the trucking company's own expert was forced to agree that there's no way the truck driver would've had time to cover that distance and come to a stop in ten seconds, meaning he must have ran the stop sign. The trucking company soon settled with our clients. While this was not the biggest case we've ever had, it demonstrates what our attorneys are capable of. Unquestionably, most attorneys would have given up as soon as they saw a police report that was problematic. But we followed the evidence and were ultimately able to help our clients obtain fair compensation for their loss.

The family of a deceased woman hired our firm following a fatal 18-wheeler accident. The accident occurred as the driver of an 18-wheeler lost control of his vehicle and veered out of his lane, resulting in a massive collision.